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Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Erect, with ALTERNATE ExsTIPULATEH COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Carum Carui, 
Caraway, 
Zira siyah. 
UMBELLIFERZ. 
EB. B. 1. ir 680; 
Kashmir, 
9-12,000 ft. 
Carum 
Bulbocastanum, 
UMBELLIFERA. 
HB, 7:68]. 
Kashmir, 
6-9,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(C. B. Clarke), 
Carum 
Roxburghianum, 
Ajmud. 
UMBELLIFER®. 
B. Bile 4.692, 
The Plains. 
Carum copticum, 
Bishop’s weed, 
Ajwain. 
UMBELLIFER®. 
F. B. I. ii. 682. 
The Plains 
Baluchistan (Lace), 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
FLOWERS, MINUTE, IN UMBELS. 
medium size, smooth ; leaves twice pinnate, ultimate 
segments of the lower leaves lanceolate, }-4 in., of the 
upper linear, 4-1 in. ; flowers minute, white, in compound 
umbels, rays 3-8, 4-2 in., unequal, bracts 1-3, small, linear, 
or none, rarely divided, bracteoles small, linear or none, 
calyx-teeth 5, small, or none, petals 5, notched, often en- 
larged and irregular ; fruit 3-4 in., yellowish-brown, ovoid 
or oblong, sticky, laterally flattened, carpels rounded, nar- 
rowed upwards, primary ridges thin but very distinct, 
oil gland solitary, rather large; seeds dorsally somewhat 
flattened, smooth or slightly grooved on the inner face. 
This plant is often cultivated ; the seed is used asa spice, 
and medicinally as a carminative in flatulent colic. 
like the last species, but stem shorter, root tuberous, 
ultimate segments of ail leaveslinear, twice as many rays, 
fruit oblong, not narrowed upwards. 
like the last species, but root spindle-shaped, stem 
larger, ultimate segments of leaves narrowly linear-lan- 
ceolate, bracteoles 4-8, linear-lanceolate with thin bristly 
margins; fruit hairy. This plant is only known in its 
cultivated form, though it is very like Carum stictocarpum, 
which grows wild in Dehra Dun outside this area. The 
seed ig used to flavour curries and as medicine in hiccup 
and vomiting. 
medium size, annual, root spindle-shaped, ultimate 
segments of leaves linear, often 4-1 in. long, flowers pure 
white, bracts many, linear, sometimes divided, bracteoles 
3-5, small, linear, rays velvety, fruit 74, in., ovoid, rough 
with hard tubercles, carpels dorsally flattened, ridges dis- 
tinct, oil gland solitary, small; for other characters see 
the last species. Widely cultivated, only known wild as 
an escape : seeds are used as a spice. Omum water is the 
distilled water of the seeds, also thymol: the former is 
used in cholera, the latter isa strong antiseptic, and cure 
for hookworm disease. 
